July 2017 Moms
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cielaw89
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I know it’s been hard to keep the group alive, so I figured a thread for any and all news would be nice.
How are you doing? How is LO? Anything really!
How are you doing? How is LO? Anything really!
Re: Random Check-in
I wound up with a cold/allergies due to the weather changes that So. Cal is going through...90 degree weather! Bleh!
Thanksgiving Day, LO woke up with a runny nose and some coughing and sneezing. No fevers thankfully! (Hoping he’s not already developing my horrible year-round allergies!) So both of us have spent yesterday and today cooped up in our room with the cool air humidifier running full blast.
Also, LO has all of a sudden stopped wanting to take a bottle, and it’s been kinda stressful because I start a 3 week long subbing position on Monday. I did a full day last week and he only ate 1.5 bottles the whole 10 hours I was gone...so this is a little worrying...
We we are headed to Winter Park for Christmas. We will see how he does on the drive and in the Colorado mountains.
He he has been going to daycare 5 days a week, which has been going well. He seems to enjoy it and they enjoy him.
I got a stomach bug (still not sure if it was food poisoning or something else) on the day before Thanksgiving that really wiped me out. Powered through with BF LO, but I think my supply may have taken a hit. I usually pump once at night after he's gone to bed but I didn't for a few days. Of course that night he got up every few hours fussy when he had only been getting up once for almost a month before that!
I also think we've hit the 4 month sleep regression. He's never been a good napper, but he's always been great at night, easy to fall asleep, easy back to sleep after feeding. That has become not horrible but definitely worse, waking up a couple of times (although somewhat easily soothed back to bed) has not been fun.
The worst is that he's become an EXTREMELY fussy eater. He's been a little fussy for probably a month now, but over the long weekend it got pretty bad. He'll nurse for about 4-5 minutes, then pull off screaming. Same on the other side. We usually go back and forth until neither of us can take it anymore and then he'll usually calm down after walking around for a few so I think he's gotten enough. He also still has a good amount of wet diapers. This weekend though he would not calm down after eating several times and we ended up giving him formula which he just INHALED! I think he's getting frustrated with slow flow and doesn't want to work for a 2nd letdown, especially now that he's been at daycare getting bottles for half of his feeds for over a month but I don't really know what to do about it other than the switching and breast compressions, which barely help. I'm about at the end of my rope and ready to give up.
Are they pace feeding him at daycare? What flow nipples are you using? I use either the Kiinde slow flow or preemie Dr. Browns, I'm really afraid of my LO developing a bottle preference but we've been ok so far.
I've talked to them about pace feeding but honestly I don't know if they do it, he's at a center with 8 infants to 2 teachers and I don't blame them for not having the time. I have talked to them about giving him a break every half oz or so and feeding him more sitting up than laying down, and I think they are doing that.
Ive been getting updates from my in-laws and he’s eaten 2 4oz bottles since I’ve left! I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
now I have a headache from over stressing. Luckily we both are feeling better now
@WeddingNotes13 Oh my gosh, Shingles is the worst, I had it a few years ago. I hope you caught it early and are feeling better. Only the sores are contagious so as long as you're super careful your LO should escape unscathed.